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CINNYRIS MAEIQUENSIS. 



(SOUTHERN BIFASCIATED SUN-BIRD.) 



African Creeper, var. c, Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. p. 127. no. 18 c (1787). 



Certhia afra, var. y, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 287. no. 18 y (1790). 



Cinnyris mariguensis, Smith, App. Rep. Exp. S. Afr. p. 53 (1836). 



Nectarinia bifasciata, Jard. Monogr. Sun-birds, pp. 174, 250, pi. 4 (1843); Strickl. & Sd. 

 Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 153; Hartl. J. f. O. 1854, p. 12. no. 118; Miill. J. f. O. 1855, p. 16. 

 no. 181 ; Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 46. no. 131 (1857) ; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 77. no. 126 

 (1867); Chapman, Trav. S. Afr. App. p. 407(1868); Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 106. no. 1283 

 (1869); Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 38. no. 359 (1871); Buckley, Ibis, 1874, p. 374. 



Cinnyris bifasciatus, Reichb. Handb. Scansoriae, p. 389. no. 670, pi. 576. figs. 3920-21 (1854); 

 Ayres, Ibis, 1871, p. 150 ; Gurney in Anderss. B. Dam. Ld. p. 70 (1872). 



6 ad. supra metallice viridis, cupreo nitens, capite et collo undique dorso concoloribus : torque jugulari 

 metallic! chalybeo : torque altero pectorali rubro, plumis hujusce vix chalybeo rnarginatis : corpore 

 reliquo subtus, abs caudaque nigris. 



$ ad. supra cinerascens : plaga anteoculari nigra, : supercilio albido : abs saturate brunneis, pennis pallidius 

 ruarginatis : cauda nigra, rectricibus exterioribus albo terminatis : subtus alba, pectore medio fiavo 

 lavato, juguli et prsepeetoris plumis, cum subcaudalibus, medialiter brunneo notatis : hypochondriis 

 cinerascente lavatis. 



Hab. in Africa australi. 



Adult Male. Upper parts metallic golden green, including the least and median series of wing-coverts ; 

 greater series and primaries black, with a brownish gloss ; head, neck, scapulars, and lesser wing-coverts 

 with a strong coppery gloss ; upper tail-coverts deeper green ; tail-feathers black with a brownish gloss, 

 and partially edged with bronze ; from the eye to the beak a patch like black velvet ; remainder of the 

 head, neck, and entire throat metallic green like the back, and narrowly margined on the crop with 

 a steel-blue cobar, followed by a broad band of deep red ou the front of the chest, the feathers 

 partially edged with steel-blue or green ; remainder of the underparts black, including the under 

 surface of the wings, where some of the outer coverts are edged with metallic green ; bill and legs 

 black; irides dark brown. Total length 5*1 inches, culmen O8o, wing 2'7, tail 2'], tarsus 0"7. 



Adult Female. Above ashy brown ; wings dark brown, the feathers edged with paler brown ; upper tail- 

 coverts black with broad pale brown ends ; tail black with a greenish gloss ; two outer feathers on each 

 side tipped with white, the outermost ones most broadly so, and edged on their outer webs with that 

 colour; sides of the head ashy brown, with a black patch from the eye to the beak, and a white eye- 

 brow from above the eye to above the ear-coverts ; under surface white, washed with pale yellow down 

 the centre of the breast, and with large triangular brown centres to the feathers of the lower throat, 

 upper chest, and under tail-coverts ; sides of the body shaded with ashy brown ; under surface of the 

 quills brown, with white margins to their inner webs ; under wing-coverts white, strongly mottled with 



